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Gwendolyn Holbrow

@gwendolynium.bsky.social

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Illustrator, author, book artist, letterpress printer, mail artist, bluegrass fiddler, xTwitter refugee. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, New England Book Artists, Amalgamated Printers Association. See also www.instagram.com/gwendolynium and gwendolynholbrow.com.

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Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 14d

I was going to tag you on this one, and then I saw that it was you!

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 21d

FFS

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 24d

Inktober 6: Pierce
Freak Flag 3: Sky Drawing
Cupid Hunting, pencil and gouache. So maybe I am just not cut out for ink OR children's books?
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025pierce #GoodShipIllo

Aerial view of Cupid in flight, shooting a white bird, pencil and gouache, by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 25d

Inktober 4: Murky

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025murky

Ink drawing of woman in bathysphere with shark and giant squid by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Ink drawing wuth watercolor wash of woman in bathysphere with shark and giant squid by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 27d

Inktober Day 3: Crown
Okay so I'm a very literal person
#Inktober #InktoberCrown

Ink/brush drawing of an imaginary crown on a cushion by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 27d

Inktober Day 2: Weave
(after a medieval manuscript illumination of Queen Tarquina)
#inktober

Ink/brush drawing of a medieval woman standing at a loom, cat curled underneath, with a touch of watercolor, by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · 27d

Inktober Day 1: Mustache
after a Persian miniature of Genghis Kahn)

Ink/brush drawing of a Mongol warrior head with helmet and mustache by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 30

What a blast to sketch with Urban Sketchers Prague at Na Krutci orchard. Bonus: free apples! Hard to believe this is within the city limits. #urbansketchersprague #urbansketchers

Watercolor drawing of someone (Lucie) sketching in an apple orchard by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025, with three apples

Sketchers at an apple orchard with red tent, photo by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

Apple pickers with ladder, photo by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Fresh heirloom apples in a cloth bag, photo by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 28

I can't believe I just did it again, with a different set of unlabeled canisters-- used salt instead of sugar in cookie dough. 😜 At least I realized it before I added the chocolate and pecans!

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 27

Good grief, I didn't know Donald Hall wtote that!

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Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 23

10-minute drawing with one wet, one dry medium for #goodshipillustration Sketchbook module

View through a room and window, pencil and gouache by Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fun times sketching with Urban Sketchers Prague at Vítězné náměstí. A beautiful day, live bluegrass... perfect!

watercolor pencil drawing of a food truck cafe by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

watercolor pencil drawing of a bearded man in a yellow canvas deck chair by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

pen and watercolor pencil drawing of a green scooter by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's not my imagination, they have me under surveillance

View through out a window of a pigeon perched above another window across the street with a red arrow pointing to it, photo by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's money

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · Jun 5

Perfect example of gender bias in media portrayal of a powerful woman, showing a member of congress at a weird angle, with open mouth, hand and microphone obscuring her face, looking like she's weeping or frightened. Please find a more appropriate photo, NPR!

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 31

Painted this birthday card for
my skater son who is not on BlueSky, so posting won't spoil any surprises

Quad roller skater in blue and orange gear at Lynch Park, Boston. Gouache by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 29

Same here!

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Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 29

Except that now I see I actually kind of did, in my header banner image! 😮

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 29

An interesting limited palette exercise; good stretch into colors I wouldn't usually use

Sketch book open to a page with violet and yellow limited palette squares and circles, gouache and watercolor, Gwendolyn Holbrow 2025

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Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 27

You can probably guess what led to these emergency labels...

Two glass canisters containing white crystals, labeled SALT and SUGAR with bandaids, photo by Mark Holbrow, 2025

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Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 15

It's a fine old tradition 😄
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

A mother thoroughly inspects her child’s head for lice. She pursues her task in a sober Dutch interior, with Delft blue tiles and a box bed. In the right foreground is a ‘kakstoel’, or potty chair. Th...

www.rijksmuseum.nl

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 12

That is awesome!

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 11

Celebrating eight years ago today, when some one close to me was born in a Prius 🥳🎂🚗

Postcard-sized gouache painting of a cake like a red Prius, with eight candles on it, by Gwendolyn Holbrow

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 5

See those tiny dots on the bridge? Those are people. So this is successful live figure drawing!
#sketchbook #Prague #lifedrawing

Watercolor and pencil sketch of the Charles Bridge (Karlův most) over the Vltava river, by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025

Gwendolyn Holbrow @gwendolynium.bsky.social · May 4

I can't give my mother a bouquet of lilacs this year, so I made this little painting instead. You just have to imagine that purple smell...

Purple lilacs in a blue vase, gouache by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 2025